| English | Russian |
| he swallowed the tale hook, line and sinker | он попался на удочку |
| swallow hook, line and sinker | поддаться на уловку (Hook, line and sinker are all fishing equipment. The object of the angler is to persuade the fish to swallow the bait or artificial lure which contains the hook. Similarly, a person may be persuaded to believe (or swallow) an artificial story. // Тж. swallow a gudgeon (A gudgeon is a small fish used for bait.) 4uzhoj) |
| swallow hook, line and sinker | попасться на удочку (Перен. идиома: ‘What is a good deal more disturbing is that U.S. and international media outlets consistently swallowed the opposition's unlikely claims of certain victory hook, line, and sinker.'  lexico.com Evgeny Shamlidi) |
| swallow hook, line and sinker | Проглотить наживку целиком (Перен. идиома: ‘What is a good deal more disturbing is that U.S. and international media outlets consistently swallowed the opposition's unlikely claims of certain victory hook, line, and sinker.' lexico.com Evgeny Shamlidi) |
| swallow hook, line and sinker | полностью поверить в какую-либо ложь (Перен. идиома: ‘What is a good deal more disturbing is that U.S. and international media outlets consistently swallowed the opposition's unlikely claims of certain victory hook, line, and sinker.' lexico.com Evgeny Shamlidi) |
| swallow/accept hook, line and sinker | Заглотать наживку целиком (попасться на удочку; поверить в явную ложь.: They want us to accept hook, line and sinker THEIR narrative of world events – a narrative which told us that Iraq possessed WMDs which could be deployed within 45 minutes and which posed a threat to the entire world. rt.com Evgeny Shamlidi) |
